Peep-peep-peeping
What Max had not bargained for, when the bunch of people moved off at the peep-peep-peeping of the little green man, was that another bunch would be coming towards him from the other side of the street.
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What is the grammatical form and function of "peep-peep-peeping"?
Why do we need the presents participle(peeping) at the end?
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Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of "peep-peep-peeping"? It is a gerund. That is the present participle of a verb which is used as a noun.
- Jigneshbharati What is the grammatical form and function of "peep-peep-peeping"?
- It is a gerund.
- That is the present participle of a verb which is used as a noun.
- The prepositional phrase is: at the peep-peep-peeping of the little green man The verb is an example of onomatopoeia.
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JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form and function of "peep-peep-peeping"?
It is a gerund. That is the present participle of a verb which is used as a noun.
The prepositional phrase is:
at the peep-peep-peeping of the little green man
The verb is an example of onomatopoeia.
0JigneshbharatiWhat is the grammatical form and function of "peep-peep-peeping"?
It is onomatopoeia, the sound "peep" repeated. It is a nonce word considered as a whole. It is a gerund.
JigneshbharatiWhy do we need the presents participle(peeping) at the end?
The first two peeps are there to represent the repeated s
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